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This is not photoshop, no clever graphics, no movie scene… it’s a hydrothermal worm…And it’s a real creature.
It’s just really, really small. So small in fact, that this image comes from an electron microscope.
The full image, courtesy of FEI and Philippe Crassous
Thanks, Mike
Eideard 
Yikes!
This is not Riftia Pachyptila.. in fact, you’re lucky if they’re even in the same order. Just google “riftia pachyptila” and you’ll see what I’m talking about. Completely different organism.